Pro Equipment: Australian Open 2006

Two veteran players took different routes to the Australian Open singles titles in January. In claiming his seventh Grand Slam championship, Roger Federer held off a challenge by unseeded Marcos Baghdatis in four sets. And Amelie Mauresmo won her first Grand Slam title after her final-round opponent, Justine Henin-Hardenne, had to quit in the second set due to stomach pain. Here’s what the champions, and other top players, used on the Rebound Ace courts Down Under.

Men

Player

Racquet brand

Racquet model

Headsize

String brand

String Model

Gauge

Tension

Roger Federer

Wilson

nSix-One Tour

90

Wilson/Luxilon

Wilson Natural/Alu Power Rough

16L

21.5/20

Rafael Nadal

Did not play

Andy Roddick

Babolat

Pure Drive Roddick

100

Babolat

Pro Hurricane +/VS + Team

16

33

David Nalbandian

Yonex

RDS-001 MP

98

Luxilon

Original

16

29

Ivan Ljubicic

Babolat

Pure Drive Team +

100

Luxilon/Babolat

TIMO/VS Team

18/16L

26

Nikolay Davydenko

Prince

O3 Tour

100

Luxilon AND Polystar

Original AND Energy

16

20/19

Guillermo Coria

Prince

O3 Tour

100

Luxilon

Original

16

25

Gaston Gaudio

Wilson

nSix-One 95

95

Kirschbaum

Super Smash

16

27.5

Andre Agassi

Did not play

David Ferrer

Prince

Shark DB MP

100

Luxilon

Original

16

23

Lleyton Hewitt

Yonex

RDX-0010

90

Babolat/Luxilon

VS Team/Alu Power

16L

23

Nicolas Kiefer

Wilson

N Six One 95

95

Babolat

VS Team

17

NA

Thomas Johansson

Dunlop

M-Fil 2 Hundred

95

Babolat

VS Team

16

27

Fernando Gonzalez

Babolat

Pure Storm Plus

98

Luxilon

Alu Power Rough

16L

25

Tommy Robredo

Dunlop

M-Fil 3 Hundred

98

Luxilon

Original

16

24/23

Robby Ginepri

Babolat

Pure Storm

98

Babolat

Ballistic Polymono/VS Touch

16/16

28

Richard Gasquet

Head

Liquidmetal Instinct

100

Luxilon

Original

16L

24/23

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Head

Flexpoint Radical MP Tour

100

Luxilon

Original

16

26/25

Dominik Hrbaty

Fischer

Pro Extreme FT

95

Kirschbaum

Touch Turbo

17

28/26

James Blake

Prince

Experimental

95

Luxilon

Alu Power

16L

31.5

Women

Player

Racquet brand

Racquet model

Headsize

String brand

String Model

Gauge

Tension

Kim Clijsters

Babolat

Pure Drive Team

100

Babolat

VS Touch

16

29

Amelie Mauresmo

Dunlop

M-Fil 3 Hundred

98

Babolat

VS Touch

16

27

Lindsay Davenport

Wilson

nTour

95

Wilson

Wilson Natural

15L

28/29

Maria Sharapova

Prince

O3 White

100

Babolat

Pro Hurricane/VS Team

16L

27/28

Justine Henin-Hardenne

Wilson

nTour

95

Maillot Savarez

HT Tonic First Gold

15L

27

Mary Pierce

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

98

Luxilon

TIMO

18

28

Nadia Petrova

Babolat

Pure Storm MP Team

103

TopServe

RacquetFuel

16L

30

Patty Schnyder

Head

Liquidmetal Prestige MP

98

Kirschbaum

Touch Turbo

17

25.5/24.5

Elena Dementieva

Yonex

RDS-001 MP

98

Luxilon

Alu Power

16L

23/22

Venus Williams

Wilson

n4

110

Wilson

Wilson Natural

16

30

Francesca Schiavone

Babolat

AeroPro Drive

100

Luxilon

Alu Power

16L

24.5/23.5

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Head

Flexpoint Instinct

100

Luxilon

Alu Touch

16L

26/25

Anastasia Myskina

Head

Flexpoint Instinct

100

Kirschbaum

Super Smash Spiky

17

26/25

Nicole Vaidisova

Yonex

RDS-003 MP

100

Luxilon

Ace

18

NA

Daniel Hantuchova

Yonex

Nanospeed RQ-7

100

Luxilon/Babolat

Alu Power/VS Touch Natural Gut

16

22.5/21

Flavia Pennetta

Wilson

nBlade

98

Wilson

Wilson Natural

17

27.5

Dinara Safina

Babolat

Pure Storm Team

98

TopServe/Babolat

RacquetFuel/VS Touch

16L / 16

29/28

Elena Likhovtseva

Wilson

nSix-One 95

95

Kirschbaum

Super Smash Spiky

16L

23/22

Anna-Lena Groenefeld

Fischer

Magnetic Pro Number One

98

Babolat

Xcel Premium/Pro Hurricane

16/17

NA

Ana Ivanovic

Wilson

nTour

95

Wilson

Wilson Natural

17

NA

A “/ ” denotes differing tensions between mains and crosses. A “-” indicates a tension range on multiple racquets. “NA” means player did not play or no information was available. Tensions above 38.5 are in pounds; 38.5 and below are in kilograms.